Andy Murray in tears: the 2019 Australian Open could be his last tournament

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The two-time Olympic champion revealed that his plans were to end his career in Wimbledon, but it may not be possible.

Andy Murray broke down in tears after admitting that this year's Australian Open could be his final event as a professional tennis player.

"There is a chance of that for sure because like I said I'm not sure I'm able to play through the pain for another four or five months.", said the two-time Olympic champion in Melbourne.

He has been struggling with a hip injury for a long time and had a surgery last January, before returning to the courts in June.

"I've been in a lot of pain for what has been probably 20 months now, I've pretty much done everything that I could to try to get my hip feeling better, hasn't helped loads."

Andy Murray during his emotional press conferenceAndy Murray during his emotional press conference

The Briton is seriously considering another surgery and not only for his sports career: "The reason for having an operation like that is not to return to professional sports, you know, it's just for a better quality of life. The pain is kind of the driving factor. I can play with limitations, that is not an issue."

Though his intention is to end his career after Wimbledon, where he won in 2013 and 2016, the Briton is not sure if that would be possible: "I spoke to my team and I told them that I can't keep doing this, I needed to have an endpoint because I was playing with just no idea of when the pain was going to stop."

The former world no.1 was so overcome by emotion that he even had to leave the press room for a few minutes.

His opening match at the 2019 Australian Open is against world no. 22 Roberto Bautista of Spain on Monday and it will prove how are their feelings.

The whole tennis world has showed their support to the three-time Grand Slam champion.

Andy, just watched your conference. Please don’t stop trying. Keep fighting. I can imagine your pain and sadness. I hope you can overcome this. You deserve to retire on your own terms, whenever that happens. We love you @andy_murray and we want to see you happy and doing well. 🙏

.@andy_murray You are a champion on and off the court. So sorry you cannot retire on your own terms, but remember to look to the future. Your greatest impact on the world may be yet to come. Your voice for equality will inspire future generations. Much love to you & your family. https://t.co/AQUOP3LGec

Just thinking out loud here. He deserves his moment to say goodbye at Wimbledon. He’s too important to Great Britain and Wimbledon history to not have it..... Would be a pretty cool moment to play doubles w his bro at Wimby if he can’t play singles https://t.co/m7caeL2shX